Great Hoarding Article
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Great article for unusual apple lovers.
Comments (7)It's just a matter of great minds thinking alike... Towards the end of the article, it mentions a lot of interesting heirloom varieties being sold in NYC farmers markets. I think I need to do some research and visit them, as they aren't all that far from me. Here is a link that might be useful: Other Thread...See MoreArticle on hoarding & history in today's Wall Street Journal
Comments (7)Actually, I didn't mention receipts. Just paper in general. I've been on other boards where people literally have stacks of outdated manuals, policies they no longer own and retirement papers which are valid, but actually no longer useful after the "newest" set arrive quarterly in the mail. Someone whom I admire greatly made a point: 95% of what people have in their paper stacks is junk. 5% is archivable or valuable. She suggests not spending a lot of time on the paper but instead box it up and forget about it while you create a system from scratch that works. If you aren't going to make a huge mathmatical spreadsheet detailing your home's energy usage, is the paid bill really necessary to keep for months? Or once you see that you have been creditted with that payment on the following bill, can you let it go? When your retirement investment papers come in the mail with the previous balance and your new balance, can you throw the old papers? (That was a hard one for me, as I just kept investment papers in the same area and eventually created a mountain!) Each company I am with sends a year-end spreadsheet and I really like that! I also signed up for their e-mail delivery so I can just transfer that file into a folder without even looking at it, if I choose. One company is sending BOTH paper and e-mail, ick. Gloria, you mentioned "the fear of not having what you need". I recently read an article on hoarding and would like to quote: How do you know what's of value and what's not? All the ads, all the news scream out that 'this is important, this is essential!' And somewhere in the imagination the idea gets planted: Without this stuff, I'm without protection. I'm lost. Anything could happen. The possibilities seem infinite, in part, I suppose, because there's so little evidence that as individuals we can control much of anything. Take technology--it's hyped as 'access to information,' as x, y, and z, the solution to the crises. As freedom--from anxiety, from fear. But it turns out that instead of being liberating, it's imprisoning. It's overload I became interested in the psychology of hoarding almost 20 years ago when a garbage house was discovered in the town where I live. I have made many observations about the psychology of why people keep things. I am not trying to be judgemental, although it is hard on the computer to convey. I keep receipts myself! I recently had a 4 month old digital camera break and the store only honored receipts up to 90 days. The manufacturer was much nicer! Sometimes when I purchase a lot of things at Target I will ask for the blouse or shoes to be rung up seperately, so I can throw away the receipt with the detergent & staples which I know I'd never return and keep only what I might need. I'm not totally ruthless! And I enjoy discussing the psychology and techniques that work for me and what others do too....See MoreGreat article in Fine Homebuilding 12/17 re: rooflines
Comments (39)A gentleman who'd graduated a few years before I did used that bit with me when I was a mere first year vet student breathing in and out of a paper sack over neuroanatomy. Because by the time you get to that rather restricted population, you're talking about people who are used to being in the top 5% now being spread across a new bell curve and finding it distinctly unpleasant. The bottom of your average professional school class is still more intelligent than the general population - by a standard deviation or two. I don't imagine architecture is any different. Plus, you have to throw in a creative element which is challenging to teach. This, in fact, is probably the dividing line between good design and bad design. Those in the profession who lack the creative element are going to gravitate to positions (and within corporate structure is often a good spot) that provides enough distinct parameters that their lack of creativity is a plus, rather than a detriment. They can still design a perfectly acceptable building. It just doesn't... sing. I tend to view rooflines from the perspective of the Great White North - must shed snow and water, as well as provide room for insulation so you don't lose all the heat out the roof. Ergo, when looking for inspiration for my own project, I've taken a close look at traditional Scandinavian building - along with other areas that have a similar climate....See MoreGreat article on combining edibles and ornamentals
Comments (6)That's funny, Deb. I had kind of the opposite experience many years ago in Phoenix. I went to look at a garage apartment and the owner told me what a splendid gardener the current tenant was. We went out to look at the cottage and I looked and looked again, and sure enough--well, let's just say that I daresay "gardening" was how he was making a living. Actually, that same time, back in the mid-seventies, was the first time I ever saw landscaping done entirely in edibles. My first harp teacher lived in a townhouse development which had almost entirely edible landscaping. It was lovely--I'd never seen so many different varieties of ornamental kale before. And when I was in France a couple of years ago, I noticed that Swiss Chard was a very popular bed anchor in a lot of the municipal gardens in the small towns I passed through....See Moretalley_sue_nyc
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